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Definition of Canty
1. Adjective. Lively and brisk.
Similar to: Energetic
Definition of Canty
1. a. Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry.
Definition of Canty
1. Adjective. lively; cheerful; merry; brisk ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canty
1. cheerful [adj] - See also: cheerful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canty
Literary usage of Canty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"O Tom canty, born in a hovel, bred in the gutters of London, familiar with rags
and dirt and misery, what a spectacle is this! "TOM canty STEPPED INTO VIEW. ..."
2. The Victorian Reports: V. 1-3; 1870-73 by Victoria Supreme Court, George Henry Frederick Webb (1876)
"The Defendants pleaded payment, and in "• support of the plea proved that on the
22nd October, 1869, canty gave &c., OF ' to one Childe an order on the ..."
3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Contented w? little^ The Clachan yill had made me canty, Death and Dr. Hornbook.
... As canty as ever a bird in the spring. S. The Poor Thresher. ..."
4. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements by Booker T. Washington, Emmett Jay Scott (1906)
"S born December 28, 1868, in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga. My parents, James and
Adella canty, were slaves. ..."
5. The Metropolitan (1837)
"Peggy canty, my kitchen domestic, was the first to return. " Well, what is the
matter ?" I asked. " Two boys that are going to America, ma'am. ..."
6. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"canty, adj. Cheerful; talkative. North. CANVAS, ». To receive the canvas, ».
e., to be dismissed. The phrase is taken from the practice of journeymen ..."
7. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"Her mother, old Luckie Loup- the-Dyke, ' ' a canty carline ' ' as was witn- in
twenty miles of her, according to the unanimous report of the gossips, ..."
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